Chapter 33: Chapter 33

Chapter 33

"Papa, ask your second wife to give me a break at least on New year." Emma told her father, huffing in anger.

Her mother... No!! Stepmother, she decided, because there's no way this woman is her mother.

No mother treats their children this way.

Only evil stepmothers do!! Like in the fairytale books.

And the poor Cinderella that she is, is suffering under her evil step mom’s atrocities.

They should have named her Elle.

No!! All cinderellas are named Elle. She ought to be different.

They should have just named her Cinders!!

Wah!! Cinders Hart!

And she could have waited for her Prince charming to come riding in his white horse to rescue her from this house where she is ill treated.

Oh!! She can imagine Zi- Zi coming in his Ya Rouhi to save her and she would put down her long hair from the tower top so that he could climb up and reach her?

Emma frowned lightly.

Wasn't that snow white who put down her long hair?

If it was snow white, who was that stupid girl who ate the poisonous apple the wicked witch gave her?

How could someone be so careless as to eat something from a stranger. That too such an evil looking one.

Okay!! If the wicked witch had given the stupid girl a pizza, she would have understood. But an apple? Like seriously!

"Second wife??" Daniel Hart, her father asked with a frown on his face, breaking Emma out of her inner monologue.

"Yes. My mother died giving birth to me, right? You shouldn't have re married. It would have been awesome if it were only you and me." Emma said as she sat next to her father who was having a can of beer and her father shook his head.

"You didn't tidy up your room yet??" Gianna Hart came from the kitchen and stared at her daughter with hands on her hips.

Evil step-mom alert!! Screamed Emma's brain.

"I just came home today and she's already making me do work. I only stay for two days, right papa?" Emma said looking at her father with puppy eyes which always managed to melt the man's heart.

"Gianna. Let her be!! I will clean up her room tomorrow." Daniel said with an indulgent smile.

"Yeah yeah. Keep spoiling her. I have a headache and I am going to bed. Don't stay up too late Emma." Gianna warned and went off to bed.

The father daughter duo sat in silence for a while.

Emma sneaked glances at the drink in her father's hand several times.

"Papa?? You want some pickles??" Emma asked her father.

"No. There's beef fry. That's enough." Daniel said.

"Papa?? Do you want soda or water??" Emma again asked hopefully.

Daniel Hart rolled his eyes and extended the beer can towards her.

"Me?? Uh no papa," Emma said with a sheepish smile to which her father rolled his eyes.

"Try," he said and Emma took it and peered into it.

"Shouldn't I pour water??" Emma asked curiously.

"In beer??" Daniel asked with a chuckle.

"No? Okay," she said and took a big gulp of the beer.

"Slowly,"

"Give me that beef." Emma ordered and her father extended the plate towards her.

She took another two gulps merrily.

"It tastes good huh??" Daniel asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Haa papa. Very good." Emma agreed heartily.

"Don't make a habit of this," Daniel Hart murmured.

After another two gulps Emma let out a shrill cry shocking her father.

"Emma, don’t make noise. You momma will wake up." Daniel said, panicking at the thought of his wife coming and seeing their daughter drinking his beer.

"Evil step momma," Emma corrected in between her crying.

"Yeah. The evil step momma can be a very evil wife too sometimes. So don't make noise." Daniel said helplessly.

Emma continued crying.

"I did a big fraud papa," Emma confessed, shocking her father again.

"What fraud?? What did you do??" Daniel asked in worry.

"When I was in school. I used to change my marks on the paper to get your signature. For that last biology exam I got only 9 marks. I added a 2 in the front and made it 29. I fooled you papa," Emma confessed crying and her father laughed and pulled her into a hug.

"It's okay. You can make it up in the next exam." Daniel said and Emma stopped crying.

"Really papa??" She asked.

Daniel nodded and Emma smiled.

"Papa!! Some people do love marriages!! Is it wrong??" Emma asked. Theirs was a very conservative family, Gianna being the daughter of a priest. All the marriages in their family were arranged by the families.

"What's wrong?? It's their wish." Daniel said off handedly.

"Really?? It's not a bad thing then??" Emma mumbled to herself dreaming about her Zi Zi and Ya Rouhi.

Daniel frowned seeing the dreamy look on his daughter's face.

"But you shouldn't do that. Papa will find the best guy in the world for you. You are my darling baby right??" Daniel asked, hugging his daughter.

Emma cried again.

"I have been cheating you papa. You are such a wonderful papa and you love me so much and here I have been cheating you for so long." Emma cried again.

"Cheat?? What cheating??" Daniel asked in horror.

"There's a big crime happening in this house, papa." Emma said in a serious tone.

"What crime??" Daniel asked.

"All your hard earned money is being stolen here papa. It's getting stolen. Momma steals them when you are in the shower or when you are out. I sometimes help her when she offers to buy me chocolate. I am sorry papa." Emma cried, making Daniel laugh again.

"I know that darling. Where do you think your mother gets money to buy you things?" Daniel said and Emma scrunched her nose in annoyance.

"Oh ho!! So Emma Hart's words don't have any value in this house!!" Emma stated standing up from the couch taking the plate of beef along with her.

"Where are you going??" Daniel asked.

"I am going. Now I know I am not the step daughter. I am in fact the adopted daughter. That's why no one values me." Emma said and walked to her room still dizzy from the alcohol effect.

****

Same night in London.

Emily dragged her sleepy brother out of the flight towards the immigration area.

They had landed in London at midnight and as soon as they switched on their phone, it started bingeing with messages and calls.

It's the twins' birthday and they had run away from home to London.

There was no particular reason for running away. She simply wanted the adrenaline flow she usually gets by doing outrageous things.

She had their luggage packed the day before and had loaded it already in her car and had woken her sleeping brother and dragged him out of the house without even telling him where they were going.

Emil being the sweet and lovely brother that he is, followed his sister. He would do so even if she is dragging him to hell.

Emily would have loved to go to London alone, as she wasn't very keen on her brother accompanying her for the purpose of 'protecting' her.

But they had never spent a birthday away from each other and Emily simply couldn't do it.

"Momma must be worried sick finding us missing." Emil said seeing the hundreds of missed calls on his phone.

They must have come at midnight to wish them and found the twins missing.

"They will get over it," Emily said and as soon as she said it her phone started ringing and it was her Aunt.

She attended the call.

"Where are you?? Why is your phone switched off?? Why do you always have to give us heart attacks??" Aunt went on and Emily rolled her eyes.

"What use is it in giving all those heart attacks? You are still alive." Emily said coolly.

"You stupid girl! Where are you??" Aunt asked.

"In Londoni. I am to join the institute on Monday." Emily said.

"I know. You two were supposed to go on Sunday with your parents." Aunt said.

"What's the fun in that?" Emily asked coolly.

"If you want fun you should have gone alone. Why did you drag my Emil along with you? I wanted to spend his birthday with him" the stupid aunt said and Emily's blood boiled.

Emil is her brother and only she has the right to spend the birthday with him.

"Tough luck. He's all mine." Emily said and hung up the call.

"Now what??" Asked a still sleepy Emil.

"To the apartment dad bought for us. I stole the key from their room yesterday." Emily said and they hailed a cab to their new apartment.

Once they reached the apartment Emil walked straight to the bedroom all set to continue his sleep.

"Emil!!" Emily stopped him.

Emil turned around and Emily came and gave him a tight hug.

"Happy birthday Emil boi" Emily said making him smile.

"Happy birthday my darling Em!"

A/n

The father daughter scene in this shot is from an Indian movie named June. Ever since I decided to pair up Emma and Zian and thus making Emma a lead character ,this scene has been playing in my mind. I hope you enjoyed it.